COVERAGE: patch 91% → 96%+ — 603 tests, tasks.py at 100%

New/extended tests across billboard, dashboard, drama, epic, gameboard,
and lyric to cover previously untested branches: dev_login view, scroll
position endpoints, sky preview error paths, drama to_prose/to_activity
branches, consumer broadcast handlers, tarot deck draw/shuffle, astrology
model __str__, character model, sig reserve/ready/confirm views, natus
preview/save views, and the full tasks.py countdown scheduler.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/apps/dashboard/tests/integrated/test_sky_views.py

@@ -150,3 +150,76 @@ class SkySaveTest(TestCase):
         }
         data = self._post(payload).json()
         self.assertTrue(data["saved"])
+
+    def test_invalid_birth_dt_string_sets_sky_birth_dt_to_none(self):
+        payload = {
+            "birth_dt": "not-a-date",
+            "birth_lat": 51.5,
+            "birth_lon": -0.1,
+            "birth_place": "",
+            "house_system": "O",
+            "chart_data": {},
+        }
+        response = self._post(payload)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.user.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertIsNone(self.user.sky_birth_dt)
+
+
+class SkyPreviewErrorPathTest(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.user = User.objects.create(email="star2@test.io")
+        self.client.force_login(self.user)
+        self.url = reverse("sky_preview")
+
+    def test_non_numeric_lat_returns_400(self):
+        response = self.client.get(self.url, {"date": "1990-06-15", "lat": "abc", "lon": "0"})
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 400)
+
+    def test_invalid_tz_string_returns_400(self):
+        response = self.client.get(
+            self.url, {"date": "1990-06-15", "lat": "51.5", "lon": "-0.1", "tz": "Not/ATimezone"}
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 400)
+
+    def test_bad_date_format_returns_400(self):
+        response = self.client.get(
+            self.url,
+            {"date": "not-a-date", "time": "09:00", "lat": "51.5", "lon": "-0.1", "tz": "UTC"},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 400)
+
+    @patch("apps.dashboard.views.http_requests")
+    def test_pyswiss_tz_failure_falls_back_to_utc_and_continues(self, mock_requests):
+        chart_payload = {
+            "planets": {"Sun": {"degree": 84.5, "sign": "Gemini", "retrograde": False}},
+            "houses": {"cusps": [0] * 12},
+            "elements": {},
+            "house_system": "O",
+        }
+        tz_response = MagicMock()
+        tz_response.raise_for_status.side_effect = Exception("tz timeout")
+
+        chart_response = MagicMock()
+        chart_response.json.return_value = chart_payload
+        chart_response.raise_for_status = MagicMock()
+
+        mock_requests.get.side_effect = [tz_response, chart_response]
+
+        response = self.client.get(self.url, {"date": "1990-06-15", "lat": "51.5", "lon": "-0.1"})
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()["timezone"], "UTC")
+
+    @patch("apps.dashboard.views.http_requests")
+    def test_pyswiss_chart_failure_returns_502(self, mock_requests):
+        tz_response = MagicMock()
+        tz_response.json.return_value = {"timezone": "UTC"}
+        tz_response.raise_for_status = MagicMock()
+
+        chart_response = MagicMock()
+        chart_response.raise_for_status.side_effect = Exception("chart timeout")
+
+        mock_requests.get.side_effect = [tz_response, chart_response]
+
+        response = self.client.get(self.url, {"date": "1990-06-15", "lat": "51.5", "lon": "-0.1"})
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 502)